Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1971

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (3,656 babies) and Michael for boys (4,680). Social Security records list 168,761 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1971

Names given at least 15 times in Pennsylvania that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tamika: 86 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Megan: 191 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maryann: 57 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Beth: 441 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colleen: 350 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Michele: 831 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Maureen: 156 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Janine: 89 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lynne: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bobbi: 84 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 193 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamal: 58 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Harry: 174 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,656	–	1
2	Lisa	1,990	–	3
3	Michelle	1,833	↑1	2
4	Amy	1,701	↑1	5
5	Kimberly	1,608	↓2	4
6	Melissa	1,513	–	7
7	Christine	1,154	–	18
8	Heather	1,102	–	12
9	Kelly	1,014	↑2	22
10	Susan	1,008	↑2	17
11	Lori	992	↑4	25
12	Dawn	977	↑1	14
13	Tammy	972	↑1	8
14	Karen	932	↓4	15
15	Michele	831	↑2	39
16	Angela	813	↑4	6
17	Tracy	810	↓8	13
18	Mary	809	↓2	9
19	Nicole	748	–	27
20	Stephanie	736	↑2	11
21	Tina	693	↑2	20
22	Rebecca	665	↑12	23
23	Denise	644	↓2	36
24	Patricia	635	↓6	26
25	Elizabeth	625	–	19
26	Julie	594	↑1	10
27	Wendy	590	↓3	29
28	Laura	550	–	16
29	Pamela	545	↓3	28
30	Christina	517	↑8	30
31	Stacey	514	↑10	41
32	Kathleen	512	↑1	53
33	Shannon	501	↑11	21
34	Tara	498	↑15	49
35	Stacy	490	↑11	32
36	Dana	487	↑12	44
37	Deborah	485	↓6	33
38	Barbara	456	↓6	47
39	Linda	455	↓4	42
40	Andrea	444	new	35
41	Beth	441	↓2	100
42	Sandra	433	↓6	31
43	Cynthia	431	↓3	24
44	Sharon	429	↓14	40
45	Tracey	417	↓8	74
46	Brenda	414	↓3	43
47	Donna	408	↓18	38
48	Jill	401	↓3	59
49	Diane	378	↓7	83
50	Renee	372	–	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	4,680	–	1
2	John	3,420	–	4
3	David	3,257	–	3
4	Robert	3,163	–	5
5	James	2,910	–	2
6	Christopher	2,559	↑3	6
7	Brian	2,465	–	9
8	William	2,351	↓2	7
9	Scott	2,068	↑5	10
10	Joseph	2,043	↓2	15
11	Thomas	1,716	–	17
12	Richard	1,641	–	11
13	Jeffrey	1,612	–	12
14	Mark	1,525	↓4	13
15	Jason	1,456	↑7	8
16	Eric	1,430	↑1	18
17	Matthew	1,411	↑2	19
18	Daniel	1,353	↓3	20
19	Kevin	1,319	↓3	14
20	Steven	1,161	↓2	16
21	Timothy	1,104	↓1	21
22	Shawn	1,058	↑9	28
23	Charles	1,056	↓2	22
24	Anthony	1,002	↑1	23
25	Stephen	965	↓2	27
26	Paul	953	↓2	24
27	Edward	903	↑1	32
28	Ronald	892	↓2	31
29	Gregory	829	↓2	26
30	Todd	811	↓1	30
31	Kenneth	767	↓1	25
32	Andrew	739	–	33
33	Sean	726	↑3	36
34	Donald	683	↓1	34
35	Keith	670	↑2	37
36	Douglas	564	↓2	39
37	George	549	↓2	42
38	Chad	544	new	29
39	Patrick	540	↓1	35
40	Craig	485	↓1	43
41	Gary	477	↓1	38
42	Frank	459	↓1	54
43	Dennis	449	↓1	49
44	Jonathan	430	–	40
45	Raymond	404	↓2	52
46	Aaron	368	new	41
47	Troy	343	↓2	46
48	Peter	334	↓2	47
49	Adam	303	new	57
50	Larry	300	–	44

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